Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 Tbsp ginger

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1 egg

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup molasses

Preparation

1 preheat oven to 350 2 cream sugar and shortening 3 sift dry ingredients 4 beat in egg and molasses to sugar/shortening 5 add in dry ingredients 6 form teaspoons of dough, roll in sugar 7 place 2 inches apart in ungreased baking pan 8 bake for 12 minutes 9 cool, then dust with confectioners sugar